The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-02 00:00:00

" GREAT WESTERN" STEAM-SHIP OFFICE. To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. BRISTOL, Nov. 1. Sta,--As the friends of passengers, per Great IVestern, may be anx i ous, after the breeze of Monday morning, I beg to acquai n t you that " the ship Pearl, Capt.:::, Stark m , fro Calcutta, arrived in King's Road +l-Ss g, g in ] on mornin sina lised th e Great Western on M.. - JnClav at half-past t wo Paz., g. 11 (outer edge t; i : soundings), wind N.W., a very heavy sea up. Th e Pearl was scudding under close-reefed main -top-sail and reefed fore-sail ; the Great Western ap peared to be steaming well a-head.--Yours, &c. &e. CHRIST. CLAXTON. BRISTOL,., ' Nov: riv e d i n 1. The P ear l, C apta i n S tar k, ar t h e IC.ng s Road thi s morn i ng, f rom C a l cutta, s i gnal i sec Great Western. 10 NEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS C ITY ( THIS DAY), TWELVE O' CL 0 CK. Arrivalethis morni ng —F renc h an d O sten d ma il s; s hi p ,l etters 4rotn Calcutta, June 9. aiVIRPOOL, TH URSDAY . Owing to the excitement of our doneucipal election, only a very moderate business has been da y's i c o tton to-day. Th e sa l es are 1,500 b a gs, at yest er - Mrs prices. The municipal election has juq terminated in blreturn of 12 Reforme?s and 5 Conservatives. he Champion man-of-war has arrived at Plymouth, from ; nothing is known as yet of the intelligence she brings. having4ll Pipe frigate sailed from Devonport on Sunday last, 7 th e first place she is bound to Halifax, and after leaving her " Pateb es, for Mexico. It is stated that Mr. Pakenh a m is „ beare r o f instructions with reference to the disput e s be 4peea and Mexico, and that he is invested with the quisite povvers to mediate between the two parties. Our ,e°,7_,•rnment had furth er i nstructe d Si r Ch ar l es Paget to pro- ky:.with a n ava l f orce from the St. Lawrence to the coast of I le°, to render any protection to British interests that Mr eu%stances might require. st TIIE FUNDS. Yesterday was a holiday, an d to -d ay b ot h t h e B ank and the • °ak Exch ange, w i th the Foreign Market, are open. Con- Ns co ntinue at the l eav i ng o ff pr i ces o f W e d nes d ay, 93 11 - i - , pc lth for Y e t, .... the A ccount an d M oney, w i t h li tt l e b us i ness doing as ; o,„, .ng to the very f e w arrivals, and the scarcity o f conti 4catal intelligence. L, In the Foreign Market there is an improvement in Colum oian Stock, which may be quoted at 244 254 ; Mexican is also taither better, 233. ; Spanish Active continues at Wednesday's 'cosing price, Dutch I7i i- with Coupons ; Brazilian, 78.-1 i ; teiele has rather receded, 53:', 1 54. There is no alteration in the Money Market, which conti nues easy for good Bills; Dutch Two-and-a half per Cents., 531. A French:Paper states that since the passage of the Duchess de Beira into Spain, twol persons of her household, and an agent of Don Carlos in Italy, have also passed the Pyrenees, and the communication is again opened between the Court of the Pretender and Paris. Several new officers, as volunteers, left five or six days since for the Carlists. jeThe Dutch Papers of the 11th of October, contain the pro ct of a law presented' by the King to the Chambers, pro viding for the Extraordinary Charg es f or t h e year 18 39, in Belgian question shall not be arranged in the mean 3 ti me, namely - 7 56 000 florins f or t h e M ar i ne; 9.337,700 for June and 30th December, 1839; which money will be advanced to the Treasury by the Department of the Colonies, and for which a Debt of 19,000.000 Five per Cent. Stock, r*III be created, chargeable on the Colonies, as in the two a evio us years. By the second article it is stated that in _se of arrangements takin g pl ace , t h e proport i on of the money scot du e shall be subject to a new law. g an ,. VICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'C1 2 . 5 , 14 K i . i04; ro a _k _ ock ................. 202 % 1 2 2 % India Stock V. 7.! Cent. Red. .... ............. 911 A :3 Ditto Bon,l 3 7 . 1",_ Cent. Cons. ................. .9 i% 14 South Sea Stock . -- bittitoer Cent ...................... 100%3, Old Annuities ____ !slew 3Red.... .............. . ...... 1003 2% New Ditto N ew s ;i Per Cent ............ 101 % W. , 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175 6 1 e Ne w r pLer Cent. .................. Exch. Bills, £l,000 560 Ja n 'lug A nnuities toexpire Ditto 66 68 pm. Oct.. i ''„, 1860.................. 15 1-16 Ditto Small . i pm. J an ',. 1859 .................. 14 13-16 Ditto Commercial J ,'• IF6I. . 15 5-11 l Ditto Advertised an. 5 188 ) ................ . Bank Stock for Account Apri ' j 15, 1880 lndia Stock for Account -- Aiistrian an. 5, 18'0 Consols for Account 93% lI IICES c i 4 Bonds _ Bonds FOREIGN FUNDS T p ft er l u S v p in AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Xelgian tiond d, — 104 U -.5 % 5 Ditto Accos Portuguese Bonds Israzilian B unt ttoccount Ditto New Bonds ~,...0 onds 31% Ditto Accoun" t,',f.'.!10 Account 20% Ditto, 3 per Cent. 'i,';'2.,:si Ayres Bonds 907 4 % ch'illital Accoun t _') Otto 13 " dg 111% 11 ' Russian Bonds, 1822 coli,mzAccount Ditto la n Bonds ,Ditt o ; Ditto Account _ . Ditto Metallic.. ,ecout,,iAccount _ .Ill_ Bonds, 1824 bitto A su Spanish Bonds —O5 4% Ditto Account A. , ani sh g o cc nc rnt Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account. 1 744V4i 0 5 ,,,k Bo n e d c s o . n t —f. —c. Ditto 13 ...... 4 per 1.),, onds, 182 a - French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. lit x 'l'" Accou nt 3 per cent. —f. —c. bilte.!n.Bonds, 5 per Cent.... Exchange. tlii-L, Account — Dutch, 21 2 per cent.. 53%% t h ,r'i 6 per Cent 9.314 Ditto Account 53% % 100'i% „_ ,i:? Account 23t 2% 3 Ditto, 5 per cent... - .1)ol da „ ....... *. ................... ____; Ditto A ccount lO O% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK d. Per Share. % ilirini 16 k ut exhale and Gloucester R a il way Company... : Pai ( 0 ) s 4. 0 y 2 Q r ., enl Count ies R a i lway ki a t.Westernßailway Railway Company ••• Bhton • l4 11% 7 , 4 9 L s ndo n and Blackwell Railway 175 i', ndon and Birmingham Railway Com iv/ ''nchestar and Birmingham Railway pa . 10 11%U 8, Do. Do. E x t ension ,C ll l Eastern and Dover Rail way Company 9 4 %14% 4 4% 3% 41l1.1alte, Claridge's Patent toti!!.l North American Bank ""n , Parcels delivery Company _ - -- - - HALF-PAST ONE. the present time the Consol Market continues firm. 1i" Government Brokers have purchased above 50,000/. Re- Zv -ee d• It is suppsoed that this will be the last week of Go totiment purchasing. Another influential brokr has alsopur " 0 ,0001. Three-and- Half per Cent. This has had the at et ill maintaining the price of Consols, which may be quoted tresent at 934 for the Account, 934 for Money. Exchequer 213 2 1' ne ithing doing ; India Bonds, ditto ; Bank Stuck lower, India Stock, 260. Po rt t he For e i gn M arket, Spanish Active rather lower, 17i I tt.d.livid g u ese, Three per Cents., 204; Belgian, iolk and-.inds; Colombian, 244; Mexican, 234 ; Dutch Two i • Five per Cts., ICO. t wo aek Stock s 3 has fallen, within these two o 11 r three days, about I n Per cent. Prey, ; the S hare Mark e t a li tt l e d o i ng . G reat Western, 13,1 Brghton, 2 dis. ; Birmingham, 85 prem. THREE O'CLOCK. Co nsols for the Account, 93i. 1413YD's ----sHIPPING.—( D R THIS DAY.) fr o ,, 4 , 1 , Noy. 1, p.m —Wind W., moderate.—Came down tr a il the river the Thomas Harrison, Smith, for South Au ar s: ti ew s 1 aquasha, Case, for Tobago ; with several othersp bouhals unknown • and remain with the rest of the outward to ii'j Arrived ;nd remain the Redcliffe, Vivian, fromLeith pr,4lta; Rover Duckets, from Hull to Bourdeaux. httelC,4l.l.sk°lPrn, 'Nov 1 Wind W. N. NV., squally.—Put TA_sn:Nute,rBtitn• for Cape Allen, for Jamaica ; Eliza t, Tri • , Cape Coast Castle ; John Vere, Matthews, 14°11th ald ad ; Royal George, Richards, for Sydney, New pi. Wales. tra 81 :: 4°I;Tn, OCT. 31.—Wind S. W..—Arrived her Maks e, P,,,1) Champion, from India; Wm. Lushington, Quebec. "zaiieetc;Tn, OCT. 31.—Wind variable, light bre ß ez u e e s n .— os AYre 1" Washington, Barnet, for Lisbon and f r A 1 s ; Ba r a 'tin ePta, Bloomfield, for Trieste ; /Etna, Slop, o f°l. Og.; Cha mpion, Bream, for Naples; Braganza, Gray, 1.1„„ to. ev e --PooL, Nov. I.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrived off the rell ; fr wn Quebec. fro44eGA'ria CHEEK, 'gap Nov. I.—Arrived the Ruth, Corri , b oas bovp Ile ?: and Five Redhead, from Odessa. h ti ,,e;:f 4 r r,o ' rii 4 i. 1. —Arrived off port, the Edmund Wa a d m e : Odessa: The Albion, Le Messurier, from saved. h ll Ets ,„ tle rnsey, was stranded on the Knock—crew a ' 3l k z- "ea, OCT. 3 1.—Arrived the Wave, Edwards, i i a . CA;OI., Nov. I . —Arrived the Pearl, Stark, from Ca cu t . 1 13 TIP P, OCT. 31. Arrived Union, Wrightson, Quebec. d -t "tue t:lll. ‘ 4 ,' Om 31— .—Arrived the Duke of Cambr.i toe tad Df: 'r°M London ; Royal Adelaide steamer, from ditto ;An -41% Miller from Quebec. f ro An n ' A• d the President, Schultz, wit, s„ -, ~CT. 30.—Arrive tit Lettin. t hill W :1 Cr. 9 31 .—Arrived the Tiger steamer, from Ham- NI St, Melbrow, from Wyburg ; Vesper, .Donc c e . n, H p `• Petersburg • and Port Glasgow, Grieve, Mira= ni. t hslntit " • A , Bibberly, from • c et OCT. al.—Art . ll , e. the A il er sbUrg. Z hie h ic " . ' B . IsPI TH, OCT. 31.—The Q ue b ec , D av i s , f rom M eme l, It o w ' no: on shore on the 15th inst., has been hauled off, and i' Port. ,„ 43 t .t,oiskr---The Eliza of Glasgow, laden with herrings, 44 d :it-Y wrecked on the Little Pentland, previous to the Th , 10,... a N._ on n. r e tie'""Pn, Nauman, from Memel to Sunderland, was te I N hear Palau on the 22d ult. Yesterday, 23d., N , pr e ,- 'A.i,v I°ll3 a severe gale was experienced there from f T he ti to N . w . t " 1 Li, H ero Thorn, arrived in' the Clyde, spoke the Dykes, tll an T h. ,"°n, on the 7th ult in lat. 46, long. 53. , „rie-t"j.r,,,sair, Henderson, ult., in the Clyde, spoke the lat. 41'"rottenburg, bound to Rio Janeiro, on the 16th ult., T he : . ull4. 14 ' t'll the , .' 1 '"), Hill, arrived in the Clyde, spoke the Zephyr, , Th e 1, 1. th ult„ off Cape St. Vincent. '•,2 N earl spoke the Great Western, steamer, from Bristol Z W " lichr k , on Monday, at 2 p ffi., in lat. 50 9, long. 11, lithedtigheeltosf:soundingsi it as blowing - at the time aN. W. gale, talt ant LY !ea r unning, and s h e making her way th roug h it style, m en d ' T y JURY. ---The annual dinner of Monday 3 of Trial by Jury takes place on r tic a t' 4 , t Itadley's Hotel, Bridge-street. Manyp_oei fort,leuhracters of first-rate eminence among the R te li e rs , l.3 of the day will attend, and, under the peculiar he ex';stanoes of the present times, much interest will itit e te d• This is one of the oldest and most con ot This now existing. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first clay of Michaelmas Term, the Lord Chancellor, after entert.iining the Judges, Masters in Chan cery., and Queen's Counsel, to b?eakfast at his house in Bru ton-street, proceedefl in state, accompanied by the Judges, to Westrainst':l Hall, to open the respective Courts. His Lord. took his seat on the Bench, accompanied by the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor and Masters, Sir Giffin Wilson, and Mr. Wingfield, shortly before two o'clock. RICHARDSON V. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. The COURT then proceeded with this motion, which was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, ordering Mr. G. Thomas, one of the partners in the late firm of S r James Esdaile and Co., to pry into Court a sum of upwards of 19,000/. Mr. WIGRAM was addressing the Court on behalf of the ap pellant when we left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Michaelmas Term, his Lord. ship the MASTER of the Rou.s sat in the Rolls' Court a Westminster, and took motions. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR sat at Westminster to-day, it being the first day of Michaelmas Term. His HONOUR, who did not take his seat till nearly two o'clock, proceeded to hear motions. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(TillS DAY.) This being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the Court was opened with the usual formalities. At a quarter before two o'clock, Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Coleridge, took their seats on the bench. The Court proceeded to hear motions, but nothing of into rest occurred up to the time of our going to press. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) LOWNDPS V. DAVIDSON. Considerable interest was excited in this Court by the circumstance of there being what is called a " trial at bar," in the case above named. This 'proceeding—pecu liar to the Common Pleas—consists in four gentle men of the county in which the estate disputed is situate being chosen by the Sheriff, who selects twenty four to try the " Grand Assize." The four gentle men are termed " Knights ;" and legal etiquette requiring that while they are sworn in Court they should were swords, no slight merriment was caused, even among the Judges themselves, by the awkward method with which the " Knights" girded themselves with the formidable weapons. BAIL COURT.-(TRIS DAY.) Several applications were made for attachments against the Sheriff; of Counties—of Middlesex, among others, in CHRIST V BROOKS, • on the ground that the Sheriff had neglected to bring in the body of the defendant, under proceedings for debt, commenced before the late Imprisonment for Debt Act. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE seemed to doubt whether the sheriff were answerable for the default, and wished the question to be mooted before a full Court. The point, which is of great importance will, we understand, be the subject of considerable litigation in the Queen's Bench. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY. The Judges arrived at Westminster Hall this morning in procession, shortly after ore o'clock, ibut those belonging to this Court did not take their seats on the Bench till two o'clock. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. A prisoner, named Symonds, was brought up for the pur pose of being charged in execution. Mr. WATSON, upon the part of the defendant, said he had an an application to make in this case The prisoner was not in custody in the action in which it was now sought to charge him iii execution ; he was in custody on another suit, and the point he wished to submit to the Court was, whether a pri soner in such circumstances could be charged in execution. The writ of habeus corpus under which he was brought up, he (Mr. W.) submitted, must be considered as a species of mesne process, and the prisoner ought, therefore, to be dis charged upon entering a common appearance. It was quite clear that the writ of habeas corpus was not a writ of execution. Mr. Baron PARKE-It is a process of execution--it is a mode of getting execution, and the only one a plaintiff has. Mr. WATSON-We contend that the habeas corpus is a mere mesne process. The COURT—No. The prisoner was charged in execution. We cannot interfere. ARCHES COURT-(THIS DAY.) The first Session in Michaelmas Term was held this morn ing before Sir Herbert Jenner, but nothing of public interest occurred. The case of the Rev. John Breeks, Vicar of Canis brooke, against Mary Woolfrey, for erecting a tombstone to the memory of her husband, inscribed " Pray for the soul of Joseph Woolfrey," which had been announced in the Papers as having been fixed for to-day, did not come on, the pre liminary proceedings not having yet been completed. The following are the sittings during the present term : COURT OF ARCIIES.-First Session, Friday, Nov. 2 ; second Session, Friday, Nov. 9' • third Session, Mond a y, N ov . 19; fourth Sessio n , Tuesday, Nov. 27; Bye-day, Tuesday, Dec. 4. ADMIRALTY Comm —First Session, Monday, Nov. 5 , second Session, Monday, Nov. 12 ; third Session, Tuesday; Nov. 20 ; fourth Session, Wednesday, Nov. 28; Bye-day, Wednesday, Dec. 5. PREROGATIVE COURT.—First Session, Tuesday, Nov. 6 ; second Session, Wednesday, Nov. 14 ; third Session, Thurs day, Nov. 22 ; fourth Session, Friday, Nov. 30 ; Bye-day, Friday, Dec. 7. APPEALS.—First Session, Wednesday, Nov. 7; second Session, Thursday, Nov. 15 ; third Session, Friday, Nov. 23 ; fourth Session, Saturday, Dec. 1; Bye-day, Saturday, Dec. S. CONSISTORY COURT.—First Session, Thursday, Nov. 8; second Session, Friday, Nov. 16 ; third Session, Saturday, Nov. 24; fourth Session, Monday,: Dec. 3; Bye-day, Tues pay, Dec. 11. Caveat Day, Prerogative—Friday, Dec. 21. Extra Court Day, Consistory—Friday, Dec. 21. Default Day, Admiralty—Saturday, Dec. 22. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This morning a Special Commission was held at the Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, for the purpose of appointing the day on which the Sessions are to be held at the Central Criminal Court during the ensuing Mayoralty. About half-past ten, the Lord Mayor and following Judges entered the Court :—Lord Chief Justice Denman, Lord Chief ustice Tindal, Sir J. A. Park, as the next senior Judge ; and the following Judges entered in rotation :—Justice Vaughan, Baron James Parke, Baron Alderson, Baron Gurney; Justices Coleridge, Coltman, and Patteson. The following days were named by J. Clark, Esq., the Clerk of the Court, viz. 1838. Monday, Nov. 26. Monday, Dec. 17. Monday, Dec. 31. 1839. Monday, Feb. 4. Monday, I‘l..rch 4. The Court was then adjour: their Lordships retired, and pl.( Lord Chancellor, preparatory I Ha" Monday, April 8. Monday, MAy 13. Monday, June 17. Monday, July 8. Monday, August 12. Monday, Sept. 16. Monday, Oct. 21. •ned to Monday, Nov. 26, and oceeded to the residence of the to their going to Westminster MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning a youth, about 17 years of age, named Charles Foley, who was weeping most bitterly, was brought before the Lord Mayor in custody of City Police Constable b 3, charged with having robbed his employer, Mr. Moses Levy, of Aldgate, of a quantity of buttons. Mr. Levy stated that he had from time to time lost a large quantity of buttons, to the amount of several pounds ; and as the prisoner was the only person in his establishment who had access to them, he strongly suspected him of being the thief. Indeed, when taxed with the robbery, he did not deny it, but refused to say in what manner he had disposed of them. As, however, he (Mr. Levy) could prove nothing definite against him, and as this might operate as a warning to him in future, he would not press the matter any further. The LORD MAYOR, after a suitable admonition, then dis charged the prisoner, whose outward appearance indicated real contrition. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. LAING.—CHARGE OF ASSAULT. —Mr. Laing attended before Mr. Alderman KELLY and Sir PETER LAURIE, to pre fer a charge of assault against a person named William Henry Gearry, who was understood to be a solicitor. Mr. Laing having been sworn, said that after dining yester day at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, he proceeded home wards, and was accompanied by a brother Magistrate as far as Bartlett's-buildings, when they parted. He then proceeded alone down Fetter-lane, until he was accosted by the defen. dant, who came up, he believed from a public-house, and said, " Oh, is that you, Laing ?" or words to that effect. He desired the defendant to let him pass, as he knew nothing of him. The defendant was then going to put his hands on him, when he desired him to stand away. He instantly put himself in a fighting attitude and struck complainant. He immediately sent for an officer, and a crowd gathered round, and took part with the defendant. He (Mr. Laing) then went into the par lour or tap-room of the public-house, where a person who was now present, came and offered his services. In the meantime two watchmen arrived. Sir P. LAURIE—Why did you go into the public-house? Mr. Laing—To obtain assistance. Whilst there the de fendant wanted to enter into some discussion, but he (Mr. L ) refused to do so, and gave him in charge. The defendant then threatened to give him in charge, but the watchman said one charge had already been given, and they took the defen dant to the watchouse. The constable who took the charge would speak as to the threats and insolent language used by the defendant afterwards. The blow was not a violent one. It was aimed at his (Mr. L.'s) face, but the defendant not being tall enough, the blow fell on his breast. Sir P. LAURIE —Do you know him ? Mr. Laing—No; he said his mine was Geary, and that he had been instrumental in obtaining my removal from office. r. Gearry said the statement made by Mr. Laing was alto gether false, and he could call a witness to contradict it. As THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1838. a gentleman and on your oath, do you mean to say I struck you ? 1 Mr. Laing—l am not here in the capacity of a gentleman; I am here on my oath. Mr. Gearry—l hope it is not offensive to address you as a gentleman. 1 never addressed you in any other language. Did I say I had been instrumental in obtaining your discharge? Mr. Laing—l don't mean to bind myself down to any par , titular form of words, but that was the effect of what you said. Mr. Gearry—l had been on the opposite side of the street, and my foot slipped, and I did touch Mr. Laing, I believe, but I immediately apologised. He immediately gave me a thrust with his umbrella. Did I not say, "I am not surprised at this, for I recollect you assaulted Dr. Payne in a similar manner ?" Mr. Laing—The word Payne was not mentioned in my hearing. NEW STRAND THEATRE. This house was opened last evening with rather a novel performance for a theatre—a lecture on Sacred History, and the Fulfilment of the Prophecies, with dioramic views of the City of Babylon, and the Tower of Babel, represent.. ing them as they may be supposed to have existed, and also as they now exist in utter desolation. Mr. W. G. Lewis, well-known to the public for his excellent books for the use of schools, and for his exertions in the cause of reform, at a period when Reformers were punished as cri minals, has for sometime been engaged in preparing a series of lectures, to illustrate the remarkable fulfilment of the prophecies in the Old and New Testaments, and proposed to give his first lecture on Tuesday last, but was prevented by indisposition. Last evening he was still unable to pro ceed ; but the duty was undertaken by a friend, who per formed the task with much effect. The lecture last evening was on the fall of Babylon the Great, re nowned for its hundred gates and its hanging gar ' dens, and memorable for the death of Alexander, and the captivity of the Jews, when they "hanged their harps on the willows, by Babel's streams, and wept when they remem bered Zion." Mr. Lewis has been assisted in his undertaking by Mr. Nichols, the artist, who has prepared four dioramic views of this city, representing it in all its glory when in possession of " the man that made the earth to tremble— that did shake kingdoms," and as it is now, when become a desolation among the nations. The principal object of the Lecturer is to place before the public well-executed dioramic views, upon a large scale, of those places mentioned in the prophecies of the Scriptures which have been fulfilled, and to illustrate these by lectures. In his published no tice he announces his intention of confining himself to those prophecies which are capable of pictorial illustration, and that are actually fulfilled, and of avoiding all points of doctrine which are matters of controversy among different denominations of Christians ; his object being not to teach what ought or ought not to be believed, but to convert the infidel, convince the doubtful, and confirm the waverer with regard to the great truth upon which Revelation rests, namely, the fulfilment of the prophecies of the Old and New Testaments. The Lecturer, previous to the exhibition of the first pic ture, the Tower of Babel, gave a detailed account of the extent and splendour of the city of Babylon, and of the great power and wealth of the nation of which it was the capital, with a minute description of the tower by Herodo tus, as it existed :2.300 years ago. The contrast between this singular building, in its perfect state, and as it now exists was finely exemplified by the exhibition of the second picture, which has been drawn according to the ac curate and minute accounts given of it by Sir R. K. Porter. The audience testified their approbation by loud and repeated applause. But the contrast between Babylon in all its glory, and as it is now, when scarcely a vestige marks the spot, was still more striking. The Lecturer concluded with reading from the Scriptures the Prophet's sublime description of the scene of desolation, answering is almost every particular to that given of it by Volney about 2,500 years afterwards. The sublimity of the language, the correctness of the de scription, an d th e d rear y v i ew o f th e pl ain on which the anger of Heaven had " stretched the line of confusion and the stones of emptiness," made a deep impression on the audience. - Mr. James Smith Morton, a provision -factor in Walbrook, said that he was passing at the time, and went up in conse quence of having heard the name of Mr. Laing :mentioned. Mr. 14. went into the public-house, and the c row d b egan to be boisterous, crying " Turn him out." Witness did not see any • thing of the assault. At the watchhouse defendant made use of some very insulting expressions. He denied having as saulted Mr. Laing, and said that Mr. Laing had assaulted him. He then threatened to assault Mr. Laing. Witness believed Mr. Gearry to be sober. Sir P. LAURIE—Both parties were sober? Mr. Morton—l think Mr. Laing might have been dining. —(A laugh.) Mr. Alderman KELLY—Did he deny having struck Mr. Laing ? Mr. Morton—He did not deny it. He said that Mr. Laing struck him first in the eye with his umbrella. Mr. Gearry declared that when he first slipped against Mr. Laing he did not know him ; but when some persons who as sembled mentioned the name, he said he was not surprised at it, for he recollected his having assaulted Dr. Payne. Mr. Laing—l declare, on my oath, that the man knew me, for he addressed me, and said " Is that you, Laing ?" or some. thing to that effect. Mr. Gearry then called a witness, named John Johnson, of 11, Clifford's Inn, tailor, who stated that he saw Mr. Gcarry getting on the pavement at the time Mr. Laing was coming down Fetter-lane, and that his foot slipping caused him to touch that gentleman. The latter immediately put his umbrella across Mr. Gearry's face, and pushed him nearly across the road. Mr. Gearry said, " I think this is not very gentlemanly conduct," and Mr. Laing then pushed him again. Several people then assembled, and some one having said, " That's old Laing," a hooting was set up. He (wit ness) did not know Mr. Laing until his name was mentioned. Mr. Gearry—l said at the moment, without knowing who it was, " I beg your pardon." Mr. Laing—l am certain he did it with the intention of insulting me. Mr. Gearry—l cannot help saying it is a gross falsehood to say that I struck Mr. Laing. Mr. Laing said he did not wish to have the defendant punished; all he wished was protection, for he could not walk the streets without being insulted. Sir P. LAURlE—Perhaps Mr. Gearry will say that he had no intention to insult Mr. Laing? Mr. Gearry—Most assuredly ; I hope my sense will teach me better than to offend any person. Mr. Laing suspected that if he met the defendant again he should be subject to the same behaviour. Sir P. LAURIE—WiII you pledge yourself not again to an, non him ? Mr. Gearry—l have no hesitation in doing so. Mr. Laing said he should be satisfied by the defendant making an apology, and promising not to molest him again. Mr. Gearry said he could not make any apology, but tha what happened was accidental, and he would not annoy Mr, Laing again. The parties then retired. The house was very well attended, and the lecture was announced for repetition every evening till further notice. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDRNTS.) LINCOLN, Nov. 1. TRIUMPHANT VICTORY OF THR LIBRRALS.—LincoIn is divided into two Wards, the Minster Ward and the Bridge Ward : the former locates the dignitaries of the Cathedral, who, with their hirelings and vassals, have exerted themselves to the utmost in endeavouring to bring in their nominees. To a late hour last night and again very early this morning, have these holy men and their tools been in every place where there was a probability of obtaining a vote; but up to this hour (two o'clock) they have not the least chance of success. During the whole of the morning vast numbers of their par tizans have been running over the city to bring up voters, but the independent franchised will not answer to their call. The voting has now become languid on the Conservative side. The numbers at two o'clock for the Minster Ward were— Seely ( Liberal) East (Liberal) Richardson (Tory) Jepson (Tory) BRIDGE WARD. Stephenson (Liberal). Harvey ( Liberal). Brogden (Tory). The two former must be elected, the latter youth• having resigned the contest on Sunday. * He is a mere boy, and shunned by a large portion of bis own party, from his forwardness in every public matter. SUDBURY, Nov. 1. GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OP THE LIBERALS.--I hasten to inform you the result of our Municipal Election this day : Robert Ransom (Liberal).. Joseph Barker (Liberal) J. 14'. S. Gooday (Liberal) William Hill, manufacturer (Tory) 278 The above four Returned. John Pure (Liberal).... 266 Thomas Jones (Tory) W. 0. May (Tory) 239 W. R. Rolfe (Tory) This triumph has been achieved amidst the greatest iati midation and coercion ever witnessed on the part of the Tories, so much so, that when a vote of thanks was proposed for the Manor, William Harver, Esq., for his conduct as Returning Officer, it was not seconded. But a direct charge of intimi dating his workmen by threats of discharging them, was made against him by Mr. J. F. S. Gooday, which set the Town Hall in a roar, and the Election terminated without the vote of thanks being carried. Two class before the election the bellman cried round the Borough of Sudbury, that Mr. Bailey, sen., father of one of the Tory Members, had sent a donation for the poor. It was said that this donation was to buy votes, and the bellman directed all who wished to share in it to go to the Town Hall and put down their names. Attendance was given at the Town Hal l, the names were put d own, an d the parties told, that the ne xt day's voting would decide the applicants to whom the mourY w ould be given. In spit e o f t hi s attempt at bribery, the Liberals beat the Tories, and Mr. Bailey's money, and his son's teat at the next election, will both be looked for vain.in h' T Election gives the Liberals the preponderancy on the Council. NORTHAMPTON, Nov. 1. mourn WARD. Thomas Sharp ( Reformer) E. H. Barwell ( Reformer) Thomas Marshall (Tory) 2Ol Robert Hewitt (Tory) ~ WEST WARD. Henry Marshall ( Reformer) 207 Samuel Betts (Reformer) George Arnifield (Tory) Robert Page (Conservative Whig nomi nated by the Tories) EAST WARD. Thomas Howes (Tory) 248 John Mercer (Tory) 246 John Norwood ( Reformer) Joseph Oooper ( Reformer) Three Whigs and three Tories came out f or re - election. We have therefore gained one on the day's election. The Tories will also lose one on the 9th of Nov., on the choice of Alderman. Our relative numbers will then b e e i ghteen Re formers to six Tories. There probably never was an election in the borough of Northampton when the Reform party ex hibited such a coolness and indifference, amounting absolutely to criminality, as on this occasion. But not so with the Tories ; they were true to a man—cunning, crafty, and very resolute. The South Ward was indeed a hard light, notwithstanding the fact that if every man had polled, there would have been a majority of thirty for the second Reformer. There is in Northampton, it is to be deeply regretted, a few individuals —well intentioned, no doubt—who rarely move in politics ; but when they do, for want of experience, defeat their own good intentions ; such individuals will do well to consider that on the poll the rich and the poor are associated together, and that th e vote o f the one is to the full as valuable as the other. They should remember that a disunited and disorganized body of politicians is a mere rope of sand, and that by such dis union the best efforts of the best of men may be rendered futile and abortive. NORWICH, Nov. 1. Our Municipal Election has terminated this day so favour ably to the Reformers that I think it worth while to trouble you with the particulars. The City is divided into 8 Wards, No. 1 is in the possession of the Tories, as also Nos. 3 and 5, but the remaining 5 Wards, comprising the great Ward of Maucroft, wherein the most opulent and wealthy of our tradesmen reside , have bee n carried by immense majorities in the favour of the Reformers. The majority in the second Ward, of Messrs. Willett and Barb against Beckwith and Skippen, the old Town Clerk and the Old Chamberlain, was 72. The majority in the fourth ward, of Messrs. Gurney and n ern t oc h ud e r 6 bn y t e h x t Ward th e r t h ) e a majority w o s h f a y,Messrs. w a Barwell, was 86. a majo r it y o f 69 . to In the 7th Ward, Messrs. Springfield and Phillippa were 7 11 , 1 1:arshall (who is In the Bth Ward, Messrs. Finch and Enfield , the Reform Candidat es , were unopposed ; and all this has taken place after months o f vaunting and threatening on the part of our opponent s . No more certain evidence could be afforded of the sentiments of the burgesses of this city, than by this most decided, unprecedented victory. They have shewn their approbation of the conduct of the new Corporation who will by this victory be encouraged in carrying out their projects of economy and retrenchment. The Reformers have now a majorit y of 42, out of 68, in the Council. LIN - TRPOOL, Nov. . In th e election for m embers of the Town3o Council, the con test has been more than usually severe, and the numbers re. turned, as near as they can be at present ascertained, are nine Reformers and eight Tories; but we think when the returns are fully made up it will be found that the Reformers have re turned at least 'levee. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) William Wood, a brush-maker, was brought before Mr. TWYFORD. charged with stealing a Petersham coat, the pro perty of Messrs. Wallis and Collins, 131, Drury-lane, under the following circumstances:— Dennis Curtis, aged thirteen, stated that the prisoner and another man came to his master's shop last night at seven o'clock, and asked the price of a coat, which they refused to buy, as they objected to the sum demanded for it ; and after they had gone away, having missed the Petersham coat pro duced, he ran after them, and overtook the prisoner with it on him, walking very leisurely down Great Queen-street. He instantly laid hold of him, and although he received several hard knocks to make him desist, he was determined not to be overcome, and he still held fast, until some persons came to his assistance, who called March, a constable, and he was taken to the station-house. Mr. TWYFORD said the little fellow was a great treasure to his employers, and he deserved great credit for his courageous conduct. The witness said that he was at first afraid that the prisoner would have ran away with him as well as the coat, but when the people surrounded him it inspired him with courage. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. Julius Maire and Adam Hank, Germans, 6, Church-street, Soho, were charged on suspicion with stealing a quantity of books and other articles, the property of two other Germans, named Hasselt and Kleinshmidt, value 1 It appeared from the evidence which which was given through the medium of an interpreter, that the complainants lately arrived in this country with introductory letters to the Duke of Cambridge, in whose service they expected to be employed, and being in the habit of taking refreshments at the dining-rooms, 7, Nassau -street, which are kept by ano ther foreigner named Passerge, they employed the prisoner to pawn the property in question, as their cash was beginning to run low. They took away the trunks as desired on Wednes day last, and, returning in the evening, brought back the sum of 365. the entire amount for which they sold the property. On being questioned why they sold them, they said, such were the instructions they had received, and the books were dis posed of to Messrs. Black and Armstrong, of Covent-Garden, which account, upon inquiry, was found not to be true. In answer to the charge the prisoners said, they disposed of the whole of the trunks to a Jew who sold clothes, but as it was dark they could not tell where the house was situated. They were then remanded. MARYLEBONE-(THIS DAY.) A fine-looking young woman, named Jane Keys, was brought before Lord MONTFORD and Mr. HOSKINS, charged by poli ce constable Reardon, with attempting to destroy herself, by tak ing a quantity of laudanum. The constable stated that, last Wednesday, he was informed a person had swallowed poison in the house No. 51, Earl_ street, Lisson-grove, he proceeded there instantly, and found the prisoner lying in a state of stupor on a bed, and a small bottle, in which were the dregs of laudanum, beside her; he went then to a medical man who resided nearly opposite where the female lay, but he would not attend, though offered re muneration by the constable, saying he was obliged to go out on business ; the unfortunate girl's mother then succeeded, after some time, in procuring the attendance of another surgeon. They removed her to the infirmary, where she remained until to-day ; when, being nearly recovered, he brought her to the office, to know what was to be done with her, as she still said she would destroy herself. The wretched creature appeared quite dull and sullen, a n d would scarcely answer the questions asked her by Mr. SHUTT. H-r mother came forward, and a promise being extracted from the prisoner that she would make no further attempts on her life, sly- was allowed to depart with her. Although not mentioned in the evidence, it was said her motives for attempting the rash act were—having been seduced by a person who, after some time, deserted her, she was left a helpless incumbrance on her aged mother, whose only means of support was a small shop in Earl-street. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There - are this week very small arrivals of both Grain and Flour. In consequence of the advancing state of most of the country markets for Wheat, the factors have again demanded higher prices here to-day, and some extent of business has been transacted on rather better terms than Monday. Barley main tains its quotations. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats find buyers at Is. per quarter advance on the terms of Monday. Flour is, a few sales excepted, higher. Wheat. English Irish 1.2-•0O - I - Foreign SMITHFIELD MARKET. ARRIVALS. Barley. 2,010 qrs. Oatß. Flour 630 yrs 1,770 +rocks :1,610 brls. Beasts in fair supply, with a fair trade, and but little varia tion in prices. Inferior Beef and Mutton declined 21 per stone. Prime descriptions maintained last Monday's advance. In Veal and Pork no variation. Beef, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Veal, 43. 2d. to ss. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Beasts, 636 ; Sheep, 4,796 ; Calves, 192 ; Pigs, 490. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies of Fish very scarce indeed, and prices high. Tiir bot, 7s. to 255. ; Soles, 93. to 2s. 6d. and 3s per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. and ss. each for large; Cod, Is. 6d. and 2i. to 10s. and 12s. ; Whiting, 3d. to 6d. each; Haddock, 4d. and 6d. to 10d. each. PROVISION MARKET. A steady business is doing in most kinds, and prices show no variation. COTTON SALE—(THIS DAY.) . was A a t the public a London aluof l 60 Commercial bales Salerooms Cotton, There was a good attendance of the trade. The artice briskly at full former prices, say 4id. to 6d. Nearly all sold. COLONIAL MARKET. r e s T t. h e The orket publici s ve a a ry l c g s u t i o e t . ,d to-day d wo continues rather destitute larg er than of itnbteey have been for some little time. B. P. Sugar sells slowly.at this principally m or n morning g l Surat. th so c l r d e former prices lowest 485., middling 545., fine 645., which waTrhoecedahaby7aotblydlastatweek's prices ; where altered, they are easier. public ab s o a u l t e, eve t m h e a r d p l t , i n o 9 o s s , bags aay Manilla at priSugar,prices wCboiffuebe ar :— ere l,4 m oO uub b a t g b s e C aa ey m lo o n, a i s n fo th rmreeer a g a u l o e t s a , ti w o l n e 9 n 9 3 , t . tpo. to the time we left the market. There was a fair spirit in the sale. S ome small sales of Cassia, Ginger, and pepper realized mu c h t h e i r former value. Cassia is quoted at prices ranging from 51 s . to 675. A public sale of 123hbds. and 17 trs. Barbadoes S ugar went off steadily at almost former quo tations, whi c h are 575. to 653., according to quality. British Plantation Coco a i s quoted at 38s. to 31s , according to qua lity. The quotati ons o f Bengal Rice is 14s: to 17s. 6d., ac cording to kind. R ough Saltpetere is purchased privately at 255. duce to 25 5. 6d. for fai r qual i ty. The operations in Colonial Pro during the week have not been extensive by any means. For the next two months dull markets are expected. THE WIND AGAINST MINISTERS ! (We copy the following humourous Squib from the Morning - Post.) THE STEAM-SHIP LlVERPOOL—lntelligence has been re ceived at Liverpool from Cork that this fine vessel, which sailed from Liverpool on the 20t1, instant, has been compelled by stress of weather to put into Cove, after contending ten days with most tempestuous weather, during which, however, she had completed about a third of her voyage, but at the expenditure of so large a portion of her stock of coals, namely, 400 tons out of 563, that the remainder was found not sufficient to enable her to complete her voyage, and there was no alternative but to turn back. This, we are happy to say, she has accomplished without any serious damage, putting into the Cove of Cork on Sunday about three o'clock.— Morning Post of yesterday. [The Liverpool was the veszel selected to bear the des patches to Lord Durham, entreating him to remain in Canada. She was chosen in preference to the Great Western, as having an earlier day fixed for her departure, and being pretty sure of arriving b , fore his Lordship could have left for England.— Our Dublin Correspondent.] Our Ministers from Canada Heard news of sore despair, How Durham loudly had declaimed, And fiercely did declare, That since his friends had treated him So little like a brother, He'd give up his Dictatorship, And embark on board another 1 He would come home I—the dreadful news Came booming o'er the deep ; It shook the dust in Downing-street— In woke Glenelg from sleep 1 The placemen, at each other stared, By Durham all undone ! His going off made such a noise, For he was their great gun ! Alas ! they cried, he is not one To lay upon the shelf ; Who'll go out to succeed him first And next succeed himself; The Peerage does not hold his peer Mild, gentle, and urbane We'll send across the main at once To beg him to remain 1 They did. The huge Great TVestern ship Was very soon to start ; But still might not arrive before Lord Durham should depart. So, as the steamer Liverpool Would first be on her way, Not to "miss stays," they sent by her, Imploring him to stay 1 The Liverpool —the Liverpool— From Liverpool forth went ; O'Connell bless'd its sails, and pray'd That they might have no rent 1 Whigs hoped that the o'er-mastering winds Its masts might never split ; And Tories prais'd its Durham coals, Because they came from Pit 1 Away she went—no boiler e'er Such steam got up before ! She staggered thro' the seas like one Already half-seas o'er! Her rapid paddles made the wave One briny sheet of foam— She seem'd determined to get out Ere Durham could get home ! But, woe ! even steam cannot control The spirit of this age ! Macready got a Tempest up On Covent-garden stage, The jealous winds beheld amazed False elements wake fear, And bellowed " Blow us if we don't Get up a tempest here." And so they did ! Poor Liverpool About the seat they drove, Till she all the Whig coves undid, By getting into Cove ! The way she'd made, away was thrown,— Untack'd was all her tack As if she'd been commanded by The famous Captain Bach ! No doubt she soon will sail again, With all her wrongs redress'd! But my Lord Durham's ship meanwhile Her homeward path bath press'd I And when the proud and haughty Peer Does homage at the Throne 1 The Ministers may well get up A tempest of their own MEXICAN BLOCKADE. On Tuesday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Cotesworth Marshall, Ellwand, and Fowles, London ; Messrs. Watson Ta)lcure, and Campbell, Liverpool ; Messrs. Black and Longworthy, Manchester ; Messrs. Ferguson, Graham, Hen derson, and M'Dougal, Glasgow; and Nlessrs. Curell and Fenton, Belfast, had a conference at the Foreign-office with Lord Palmerston on the subject of the French blockade of Mexico. The deputation, referring to the memorial presented by the London Committee in August last, stated that all the evils then complained of as resulting to British interests from the blockade remained in full and increasing force, and must continue to do so while the blockade should last. They felt, therefore, most desirous to learn from his Lordship whether the British Government had been able successfully to exert any influence with that of France towards the removal of this interruption to British trade. The deputation stated that this interruption to the pursuits of the commercial and manufac turing interest connected with Mexico was the more severely felt, because the trade could not but perceive that the conduct of France was distinguished by remarkable severity in conti nuing the blockade after the offer of the Mexican Government to leave all matters in difference between it and France to the arbitration of an independent Power ; and further, that the conduct of France towards Great Britain in thus seriously cutting off, at a moment's notice, an important branch of her trade, was not such as might have been expected from a state with which we were on the most friendly terms. Lord Palmerston assured the meeting that the Government felt all the importance of the question, and a deep sense of the interests at stake in it ; that it was perfectly true that the Mexi can Government had offered to refer the matters in difference to the arbitration of the British Government, and that the French Government had declined the offer; that the British Govern ment had notwithstanding been using its best endeavours to get the dispute brought into a train of settlement, and that he could not help entertaining the hope that a settlement would be accomplished. lle had instructed Mr. Pakenham, the British Minister, to return immediately to Mexico, where he bad no doubt his services would be useful towards effecting the above object, and that gentleman had just sailed from Plymouth. The Government had further instructed Sir Charles Paget to proceed with a naval force from the St. Lawrence to the coast of Mexico, to render any protection to British interests that circumstances might require. The deputation remarked to Lord Palmerston, that without desiring to make any allusion which might be offensive to France, they could not but recollect that when a dispute of long standing between that power and the United States was, a few years since, on the point of producing serious conse quences, the French Government did not hesitate to avail itself of the mediation of Great Britain. They urged that there was something rev o lti ng to t h e common principles of justice in any power assuming to determine for itself the pre cise nature of compensation to which it was entitled, and then sayin g , " here i s our d emand —we will not relax one iota of what we claim —we will refer to no intermediate tri. bunal whatever —w e are the sole judges of what we require— and if you do not pay all we claim, we will blockade your ports until we compel you." The deputation next adverted to the case of the blockade of Buenos Ayres, which was even still less justifiable than that of Mexico—for every point of difference had been removed there, and yet the blockade continued. Several of the gentlemen present said they had commercial establishments in those countries, which were exposed to the most grievous inconveniences by the proceedings of the French Government ; such as they felt no friendly Power o Lg h t to in flict, except under circumstances of pressing and unavoidable necessity. Lord Palmerston paid the greatest attention to all that was said by the deputation during the conference, whi c h was a very long one, and concluded by assuring the gentlemen present that the Government would spare no pains to effect the remo val of this interruption to their trade. LADY JOHN itUSSELL.—It affords us very deep regret to announce the alarming illness of Lady John Russell. According to a communication I.vh;cli we received last night from our Brighton Correspondent, it appears that her Lady ship has been seriously ill ever since her confinement, and on Wednesday night she was pronounced to be in a very dangerous state. Up t , ) three o'clock yesterday her Ladyship remained in the same precarious condition ; and we regret to hear that but faint hopes are entertained of her recovery. Messengers have been constantly passing since Wednesday night from Lord John Russell's house in Kemp Town, to the Duke of Bedford's, in Brunswick-square. —Morning Post. The extraordinary clock in Cornhill still continues to attract great attention, and the shop window of Mr. Cox Savory's clock department is much crowded with the curious. The general impression appears to be, that the unseen power by which the hands are moved is magnetic. The bands are placed in the centre of a perfectly transparent pane of glass, and no mechanical power appears to pass through the glass to the hands, although they continue in motion, and denote the hour very accurately. The means by which they are moved is a complete mechanical puzzle, several clockmakers have been asked, hut they do not appear to be at all aware by what power the effect is accomplished. SAM SLICK.—In answer to numerous inquiries as to the author of this very clever book, we beg leave to state that the gentleman is a Judg e of Nova Scotia, of the name of llalyburton. His situation in lite, as well as his British origin and probably British prejudices, should always be remembered when reading his humorous account of the effects of democracy in the United States. No book published in our time is so full of g enu i ne h umour as Sam Slick and while we mention the condition o f t h e author as likely to give a colouring oi to iera. some of its op i n i ons, we heartily recommend it to g I perusal. Nineteen person s h ave a l rea d y b een killed since the commencement of ex cavat i ng t h e tunne l f o r the Great "51 eru Railway, at Box•bill, near Bath. MANCHESTER AND RUGBY RAIL WAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S UN. Sta,—Your comments in this Evening's Sun, o n th e Man chester ExiensiGn Line from Stune to Rugby. will be read with deep interest by the public, as well as by the parties more immediately concerned in the project. The superiority of that line, as a direct means of transport from Manchester to Lon don, is obvious to a casual reader, but you have omitted to notice other points of immense importance, which are lest known to the public, and to which I beg to call your attention. In the first place it is quiteclear that nocommunity can be more interested in averting a monopoly of their means of transport than that of Liverpool, excepting always those members of it who are proprietors of the Grand Junction Railway. This advantage is presented to them by the Stone and Rugby line, for it would save, at the lowest computation, in the direct tran sit from Liverpool to London, an equivalent for twenty miles of ground, exclusive of the delay of half an hour at Birmingham. Another opportunity is offered by the Berkenhead, Ches ter, and Crewe line crossing the Grand Junction at Crewe, to get upon the Manchester and London line : but what is most worthy of observation, as showing the deficiency of the Grand Junction as a direct line to London, is the fact that to go by Manchester and Rugby would be a better and shorter line than the present Liverpool and Birmingham line to London. Another leading feature in the Manchester extension project was a branch from Stone to unite with the Birmingham and Derby line at Alrewas, which would give the only feasible railroad conveyance to Manches ter and Liverpool from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, and the eastern counties, and this is of itself an overruling argument in favour of the projected line. There, Sir, was a splendid prospect for the public benefit, and of profit to the projecters ; but the competition it created was not the least pleasing matter in the account. I grieve to say, however, that the chance of competition in this direction, if not already extinguished, is in the most immi nent danger. From the capabilities of the new line, it was natural to expect every possible opposition from the Grand Junction Company, and as their leading men are very able, have had immense Parliamentary practice, and are the most skilful tacticians, their opposition was likely to prove very formidable. Accordingly, for - months past, their ablest officers have been engaged in agitating along the whole line, exciting by public meetings and every other means the hostility of the landowners and residents on their present line. It seems, however, that the merits of the Ex tension line are become too notorious for any chance of a finally successful opposition, and the Grand Junction party, despairing of conquest, have, like able Generals, entered into an alliance offensive and defensive with their opponents —may I not say, against the public itself. They have, it is believed, obtained one-half the new line as the price of their friend ship. If this compact be realized, good bye to competition ; what can we expect but a continuance of incivility, extrava gant charges, and freights of from 31. to Si. per ton, as were exacted on heavy goods during the last frost ? How are these evils to be averted ? Nov. 1, 1836. Sir, your obedient servant, MANUFACTURER. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGIS- TRATE S---TYURSDAY. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS.) This being county day, and there being no less than 33 no tices for discussion on the paper, the attendance of the Ma gistrates was unusually numerous, amounting during the day to nearly 100. The Report of the visiting Justices as to the /louse of Cor• rection (4th Geo. IV., cap. 64, sec. 23) was brought up and read. The number of prisoners now confined in that prison was 1,134; of whom 804 were males, and 330 females, who were generally well conducted, healthy, and attentive to the religious in►truction which was afforded them. The Report was agreed to. The Report of the visiting Justices of the New Prison was brought up and read. There are now 205 prisoners confined there, of whom 136 are males and 69 females, all healtLy, and attentive to their religious duties. The Report stated that two boys were now confined for steal;ng a turnip each. Sir C. FORBES expressed the warmest indignation that any Magistrat e could be found to send any human being to prison for stealing a turnip. Mr. POWNALL said that in country districts Magistrates had a very unpleasant duty to perform, and were often compelled, in awarding punishment, not to regard the value of the thing stolen. DISTRICT SURVEYORS. The scrutineers appointed to take the votes for the appoint ment of district surveyors, reported that the election for the parish of St. Mary Matfelm, otherwise Whitechapel, had fallen on Mr. Wrn. Grellier, and that for St. Mary-le-Strat ford, Bow, upon Mr. John Henry Good, jun. It being now half. past five o'clock, several important mo tions were postponed. THE BISHOP OF DURHAM AND HIS CLERGY. " College, Durham, Oct. 24, IS3t;. My dear Lord Bishop,—l feel it my duty to call your at tention to the observations which are very generally made in the public prints upon your Lordship's subscription to Mr. Turner's sermons, and in particular to several successive arti cles which have appeared in the St. James's Chronicle in condemnation of it, and which were sent to me by a neighbour in this town. " Perhaps in any case I should have thought it right to name the subject to you, however painful the office may be, but I can scarcely avoid the mention of it under the present cir cumstances, seeing that a strong feeling has been excited by the subscription among the Clergy of the Archdeaconry, which has been expressed in various ways to me. " I need not say to your Lordship how deeply I am grieved by the circumstance ; but it is better that the matter, which now assumes so serious a form, should be brought under your notice. " I am, my Lord, with much respect, " Your faithful and obliged servant, " CHARLES THORPE." " Auckland Castle, Oct. 25, 1838. " Dear Mr. Archdeacon,-1 feel obliged to you for the letter which I received this morning, and for the manner in which you have called my attention to the paragraphs which have been circulated in the newspapers, as well as to the in formation that a strong feeling has been excited among the Clergy of the Archdeaconry, on account of my subscribing to a volume of sermons about to be published by Mr. Turner. " I beg you to understand that I gave my name on this oc casion in courtesy to an eminent person, for whom, setting aside his religious views, I had been taught to entertain much respect. I bad also his assurance that the topics which would be handled in the sermons were of a practical, not controver sial nature ; and I could not but kno s that a Dissenting Mi. nister, how much soever he differs from the Church, might find ample matter in the illustration of evidence, in the exa mination of critical points unconnected with articles of faith, and in enforcing the practice of morality, without touching upon interpretations and opinions peculiar to his sect. " Nevertheless, I have no hesitation in assuring you, al though I feel perfectly justified in my own mind, yet if I could have foreseen that it would give offence to my brethren, or that it would have been considered in the light of giving sanction to error, I would have abstained from subscribing. I acceded to the wish expressed by Mr. Turner as a personal compliment to him ; but nothing could be further from my mind than conveying approbation of his opinions. " I never have intentionally countenanced any doctrine which is at variance with those of our Church, still less could I have thought of countenancing errors so grievous as I hold those of the Unitarians to be. Yet this feeling, as to the extent of their error, ought not to prevent us from showing all possible charity to their persons ; and that, I again assure you, was all that I contemplated by this act of courtesy, which has drawn upon me, I cannot help thinking, much un merited censure. s' I need scarcely remind you that Dr. Lardner's works, edited by Dr. Kippis, also a Unitarian, were published by subscription, and that almost all the Bishops of that day, with the leading mon of the Church, were subscribers. Yet Dr. Lardner's works contained not merely his masterly labours on the credibility, but various sermons and tracts, including his celebrated, but heterodox, letter on the Logos. Now, lam not aware, and certainly I do not expect, that either you or I shall find any offensive matter in the forthcoming volume of Mr. Turner. Surely, then, lam at least as much justified in subscribing to it, as the Bishops and Divines of our Church were, in 1788, in prefixi►,g their names to the works of Dr. Lardner, which contained the avowal and defence of all his erroneous opinions. " I do hope, Mr. Archdeacon, that what I have written, however hastily, may appear to you and our brethren a reason able and satisfactory explanation. " You are at liberty to give any publicity to this letter which may be necessary ; and I beg you will believe me, dear Mr. Archdeacon, your faithful friend and brother, " The Venerable Archdeacon Thorpe." " E. DI:NELM. SIR A. L. HAY.—It is confidently stated that Sir Andrew Leith Hay cannot assume the government of Bermuda, owing to certain circumstances with which we believe the public are already pretty well acquainted, and that the post is at this moment to be considered in every light as a vacant one. —Morning -Herald. KILLARNEY, Oc T. 29.—0 n Saturday last as a lady and gentleman, accompanied by five boatmen, were shooting the arch of the old N'Veir Bridge, on their return cfraormriedthedowthat three of Net, and saved by the prompt exertions Uppernth the rapid. , the v i T h e o r a e t g w r e a t s boatmen perished, the rest wer eN to stateunfortunately t upset, the his servant and boat of Captain Deans Dundas, R. 'cen . tially deterred from asc me d n, who with his party were providentially ascend. ing of water • occasioned by ing the rapid by the unusual quantity the late rains. THE Loss OF THE FORFARSIIIRE STEAM PACKET. -- GOVERNMEN T INVESTIGATION.—We understand that Mr. Sheriff Henderson. in consequence of an order emanating • from Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, transmitted through the Lord Advocate ( Mr. , Murray), is engaged in making an in. vestigation into the state of the steamship Forfarshire for some time previous to the lamentable ship-wreck.—Dundee Paper. RAILWAY COMPENSATION.—In a case of com pensation decided in the Sheriff's Court yesterday, in which the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway Company were the defendantit the claim was 4,371. and the award 1,418/. ..........• Uad . 6 11° )11 to Far ►ricr p Of Ll Cie' al l' put a e% Eng lark' the% 41 • ', tO !. OP Pg . S be' rsi, s ; , ..W ' 0 0 (Ro lf .10' 11 '.. io 0 10 iffe r ises' the